A Girly Girl Raising Boys

I love me some pink! I love me some makeup. And shopping. And fashion magazines. And wearing heels. And wearing hip, trendy outfits. And adding very feminine touches all around my home (whenever I can!).

I’m a pink girl.

About 4 years ago, one of my girlfriends was pregnant and she told me that she hoped upon hoped it would be a girl because she is such a “girly girl” and she couldn’t imagine having a boy (gasp!).

She couldn’t see herself immersed in football, baseball, soccer, wrestling and basketball. With mud. With frogs and toads. With trains and planes. And Lincoln Logs and Matchbox cards and Dinosaurs.

I don’t know why I remember this so well, but in any case… she had a girl. And then 18 months later had another girl.

And so I remember very distinctly, with each of my pregnancies, right before that 20 week sonogram where you can find out the sex of your baby… everyone (I mean everyone!) around me would say to me, “Oh, I bet it’s a girl! I just see you with a girl!”

So when I had my first boy, my darling William.

And then my second boy, my darling Alexander…

And then my third boy, my darling Benjamin…

And my home kept getting more and more blue…

I actually started to realize, much to my own surprise – I’m even more Girly Girl than before!

My husband and I plan to have more children.

We’re not sure if that actually means 1, 2 or 3 more – I know, gasp! – and maybe we’ll have a girl among the bunch.

But I’m happy to say I’m a total (and still very much of a) Girly Girl who just happens to be raising (the most wonderful) boys!

And I LOVE it!

And so I will be beginning a continuous blog once a week called – A Girly Girl’s Guide to Raising Boys.

Hey, I’m a Girly Girl…

That’s who I am, always have been. Always will be.

It just so happens that I can put together a mean Thomas Train Railroad Track in under 2 minutes!

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I’m so glad to know that I’m not the only girly girl raising a boy! I’m also a mom with three kids who doesn’t gasp at the idea of having three more!
I have to admit, when my first two were born girls, I was so thankful! I honestly didn’t have a preference, I just wanted a healthy baby but when they came out girls I gave a sigh of relief! I had no idea what to do with a boy!
Then my third pregnancy came along and I found out he was a boy and I was so nervous at first. But now I have so much fun shopping for clothes that aren’t pink and toys that aren’t princess related and my husband is able to play ball with someone who doesn’t squeal and run away in horror when you throw it at them. I’m so greatful that we had a boy. Sometimes I still don’t know what to do with him but we’re figuring it out one day at a time!

What a great idea for a new segment! My daughter laments that I am not girly enough (she’s almost 8). I *love* jeans, and she always comments, “Now wouldn’t you look just wonderful in this pretty skirt?” I appreciate all things girly, but I can’t seem to pull off the look. I’ll stick to my muck boots and au natural look, I suppose!

I also like to consider myself a girly girl. I have one 8 1/2 month old son and I would love to have a daughter one day as well. I want a big family so chances are I’ll have at least one daughter in the mix! Before I was pregnant, my sister in law said to me when she was pregnant with her son (she didn’t know what she was having at the time) “Just watch- I’ll have all the girls and you’ll have all the boys.” This really freaked me out because I really did want to have a girl! But, she had a boy and my fears were put to rest! :)

I look forward to hearing more of your girly wisdom on rowdy boys!! I have one son and he is so tough! I love it though. He is tough and my daughter can play tough too but she is sooooo girly. It is great to see her try to join in on what he finds fun and vice versa. I am girly myself and am ready to read your posts!! :)

Cute post – can’t wait to read more on this topic. I’m also a girly girl, who first had a boy (my precious big boy now 7- who still treasures his Thomas but probably won’t admit it) , and now have a very girly diva 2 year old – absolutely loving it!!

I have one son and two girls. I am also a very Girly Girl. My Oldest Daughter is a tom boy – BMX racing, 4 wheel ATVs, mud and all. Refuses to wear pink of any kind. At age 5 threw herself on the floor right before church saying “take this dress OFF! It HURTS! It is Hurting me!” It fit her just fine but she made it clear she did not want to wear a dress. Yeah, she never wore a dress after that.

Nine years after my Oldest Daughter was born, Snow White was born. She is also a Girly Girl. I consider myself very lucky to have both a Tom Boy and a Girly Girl.

I’m the mom of 2 boys and definitely a girly girl. Can’t wait to read the new segment. I hear ya on the Thomas the Train track! But why do they rip it apart right after we put it together? A mystery I may never know :)

You never know what you (or your boys) will get out of life. You might even (eventually, since you say you desire more children) get a girl who likes playing foorball in the mud. Wouldn’t that be ironic?

Love this post! I too, thought I would have lots of girls, I couldn’t really imagine raising boys. It worked out with my first(she’s a girl), but then I proceeded to have 2 boys. I love my boys!! I love my girl too, of course, but there is definitely a different dynamic with boys. There isn’t that tug of relating to mom/ pulling to establish myself with boys and it is fun. I love vrooming cars around the carpet and everything else that is boy. I am a girly girl too.

I’m so looking forward to this segment. I have two boys and one girl and those genders can be so different (surprise, surprise). This is what I never expected: the noise. The noise and the obsession with sticks and rocks. Oh, and their mind-boggling ability to tear apart a room in 10 seconds flat.

I CANT SAY HOW AWESOME THAT IS… I TOO AM A VERY VERY GIRLY GIRL AND HAVE 2 BOYS.. we however are done having children, so i think of it as.. ME REMAINING WITH MY RULING OF THE PRINCESS OF THE HOUSE!!!!!
Hehehehe.. I can be spoiled upon spoiled by all three of my boys and I dont ever have to worry about my boys fighting over my makeup or clothes.

I got to experience both…raised 1 girl and 1 boy…Enjoyed both so much, even the rubber snakes in the microwave….Loved shopping for the little Martha Miniature dresses with the bells in the hem…and the lacy socks….

I have never been a girlie girl, far from it, but I have gotten slightly more girlie ever since I had my baby girl this last April. She’s my little doll to dress up. I definitely want her to be more of a girl than I was. I grew up a tomboy (thanks to my momma), and I love that, but I don’t want my girl thinking that makeup and dresses and pink are for sissies like I did. I was a bit of a snot.
I wore my first pink shirt four years ago and it is a flippin’ good color on me. It’s my favorite color to wear these days.
Pink is powerful too!

I am a super girly girl, but once I had Bubbie- I’m ok with toning the girly girl down! :)Our life and house revolves around the Bubbie and the blues! I am a little scared that this next baby is a girl….I’ve become such a house of “blues”- what will we do to with a pink and blue house?! :)

Love this post, I’m the princess in our house. My boys, all of them treat me like one too. I can’t remember the last time I put gas in my car or carried something in from the car. But when we go to a football game or ATV riding I can hang with my boys!

This post made me LAUGH. Our neighbor is the biggest girly girl around and just had her third boy. Of course, she loves them dearly but is rather remiss she didn’t have at least one she could dolly up. :-)

Oh ^^ Dawn’s hug, so sweet!!! I agree with her, sure wish you were my neighbors. Well, sorta….you DO have these boys and you know, ramps, skateboards, drums….mmmm idk. (hehe)

I cannot identify, I was never girly. That was Jamee’s job, I was the one slamming bodies against the lockers if they bothered her, can you believe it?! I know, I know. Bad bad bad to the core! Think my parents shoulda bought me more pink cotton candy when I cried for it! xoxo

I am the only girl with 4 brothers….I had 3 boys…and like you, I kept on being a girly girl:-) lol I think being surrounding by so many males just makes one feel so much more feminine. I look forward to your new series!!! xox

I can totally relate! I am a girly girl. And I did wonder for a while what to do without pink and lace and dolls and tea sets?! All have been replaced with blue, trucks, robots and everything testosterone! But yes, it sure has been one great experience! MAybe I shall go have another boy! LOL
And I would love to read your weekly segments.

I’m SO not a girly girl (well, sometimes) but my princess sure is. That is, when she’s not wanting a mohawk and being “goth” (her words, not mine) she loves pink and nail polish and the like. Maybe she needs to be yours! hahahaha

You are one brave girly-girly in my book for going for more than 3! Hubby and I are done with the 3 boyz. I wistfully wonder, though, how many it would take before I would have my girl, my daughter, Lydia (the name for all 3 of the boyz had they been a girl.)
*sigh*

I am the oldest of 5… all boys! So I’m not exactly a girly girl, but I do enjoy being femine.
When I got pregnant I felt this was my only shot to have a daughter. Sounds crazy I know. So when the sonogram showed it was a boy… I got all choaked up… Because I was SAD! I kind needed to mourn that “daughter” I thought I’d never have.
And now? I adore my son and if he is the only child I ever have, I will be ok because he is wonderful enough. :)
I heard some quote Sydney Portiei (sp?) said on Oprah. To sum it up, Being a parent to a child is an amazing blessing. To quibble about gender is so petty. :)
We plan to have more, but if it’s all boys from here on out, I’d be just fine with that.

I am in the club with you, Ms. Girly Girl. Love being a mom to boys. Can you believe we had one bio son and went into the adoption process saying “we’ll have a daughter, please”…ha, three more boys later….would not change a thing.

That is so funny. I am not a girly girl and always thought I would have 3 boys. I now have 2 girls and with each one I am getting progressively more girly. I am now to the point where I don’t know what I would do with a boy. We are crazy pink around here.

Oh how I can relate to this!!! And I can put together a mean TT track too! My husband thinks I like it even more than my thomas fanatic sons! I really think their ought to be train track building contests for moms ;)

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